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***Rihanna Finally Emerges After Two Week Seclusion

On the eve of her 21st birthday, Rihanna was spotted in Los Angeles on Thursday night after spending nearly two weeks in seclusion following an alleged assault by Chris Brown. The singer was photographed in a car, reportedly heading to an airport, the same night a graphic photo said to show her battered face surfaced on the Internet, upsetting her father, who criticized police for their “sloppy work.”

On Friday, friends in Rihanna’s native Barbados marked her birthday by taking out an ad in the local paper wishing her a happy 21st “amidst all the negativity about Ri Ri. God will continue to bless her. I just really love that girl,” Sharon Thompson, who bought the birthday greeting, tells PEOPLE. “Some nights I cry because of what I’m hearing. It has me deeply hurt. She’s just so lovely.”

Damn, the way RiRi looked in that after-assault photo, we hope she is having a speedy recovery.

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That’s great! Life will go on.
On top of everything I know she’s having a hard time having to cope with the world seeing her battered face in that pic! Personal invasion!

Honeycream

Convenient and a set up.

missmagz

she looks so sad😦

http://Bossip Da Baddest

Back to the Grind

Genny

2nd???

NY2CaliLVN

who the hell is Sharon Thompson & she need to really cut the crab her a$$ aint lost no sleep over CB & Ri Ri

http://www.briitlaverne.blogpspot.com britney

2ndz && they need to leave the girl alone && let her heal!

Maria

Wow she looks really sad, and on her birthday too! So all the reports about her being in Barbados and her family “comments” are made up I guess. Stay strong Rihanna.

http://www.briitlaverne.blogpspot.com britney

damn nevamind i waz muthafuggn 13th!

mike b

EVER ONE LISTEN UP. JAY Z GOT A SONG DISSING CHRIS BROWN, WITH HIS NEW ARTIST RESSY.@www.myspace.com/rebelle08, I JUST HEARD IT.

NY2CaliLVN

@ Tommy um with you We should set up a PFF club Punched in the f’kn face club any takers lmao

http://bossip.com This some shhhh...

Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmmm…

MamaKoncious

2nd!!

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Emerge from where…she’s all I’ve heard about for the last two weeks

Law

The police and her lawyers should be the only ones who have the photos. So who leaked them? Hopefully TMZ will have to answer this because something needs to be done. Famous or not she is a domestic violence victim, in this case, and the law has standards for how these cases are handled and what information is put out.

aww, poor baby… heart broken, betrayal, painfull recovery… this is so sad. Maybe, the papparazo should give her a moment of peace.

Honeycream

Since some of you love TMZ so much…you’ll be happy or unhappy to know they are now reporting on TV that since this pic is out, The Brown camp will now mount a vigorous defense. (Her dirt will be reported on the web.)I guess they’re ready to unleash the dogs. Looks like all the love has gone.

ME

People are so foolish! This girl got BEATEN UP by a man…yet people have the nerve to criticize her. I hate to sound cliche, but what is this world coming to?